1959 to a family originally from Fujian province in China. Kim migrated to
Australia in 1984 and is now living in Melbourne. For more than ten years,
Kim has immersed himself in Zen (Chan in Chinese) Buddhism. In his
art, he draws inspiration from his spirituality in Zen and from his roots in
the Chinese tradition, its art and culture, especially Chinese ink painting
and calligraphy.

Kim’s paintings and calligraphies are evocative of an aesthetic
and spiritual experience. Moon in Reflection is a journey to spiritual
enlightenment and artistic discovery. Kim has explored the human
condition of birth, old age, sickness and death, the various themes in
Zen philosophy: impermanence, delusion and meditation as a way to
spiritual awakening (wu in Chinese and satori in Japanese).

Moon in Reflection gathers together works by this artist from the NGV’s
permanent Asian collection and is held during the World Olympics in Beijing, China 2008.[Gallery media, 2008]